The Orange County Sheriff's Office will soon hire 20 new deputies. Michelle Meredith has the latest details.

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WEBVTT
GRANT.
IT IS NOT A MOMENT TO SEND WITH
THE RECENT CRIME IN THE TOURIST
CORRIDOR.
>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT
1,500 DEPUTIES WORKING THE
STREETS OF ORANGE COUNTY.
AND TODAY THE COUNTY COMMISSION
APPROVED
THE HIRING OF 20 MORE
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JUST ABOUT HALF THE MONEY TO
HIRE THE 20 DEPUTIES CAME FROM A
GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ORANGE COUNTY HAD TO
, $2.5 MILLION.
BASICALLY MATCH THAT, CONTRIBUTE
$2.3 MILLION AND IN TODAY'S
, MEETING THEY DID.
THE GRANT PROVIDES MONEY FOR THE
ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES FOR 3 YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WILL BE
SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT ORANGE
COUNTY.
>> CONDUCTING HIGH VISABILITY
PATROLS, WORKING IN OUR TOURISTS
CORRIDOR, WORKING IN THE WESTERN
AREAS OF THE COUNTY APOPKA OCOEE
AND BEHIND HELP.
>> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS AT
THIS POINT IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW
MANY NEW DEPUTIES WILL WORK
INTERNATIONAL DRIVE WHICH HAS
BEEN IN NEWS FOR TOURISTS
RELATED CRIMES, IN SEPTEMBER THE
MURDER OF A TURKISH MAN WHO WAS
ON HIS HONEYMOON
>> ANY CRIME ESPECIALLY A
VIOLENT CRIME THAT EFFECTS OUR
COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING WE NE
TO WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO
ELIMINATE.
AND TOURISTS WE TREAT JUST LIKE
, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITIZENS
.
>> THE DEPUTIES WON'T BE ON THE
STREETS ANYTIME REAL SOON.
FIRST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS